End of the day, for people who need a corporate push to enter a career field, go ahead. But to me, its on you (as a person) to figure out yourself.
In modern day where everyone can read up, learn, and figure out how to apply for this job or that job as a career it cant be any easier. In the OT tab there's even a thread where a gaf user asking about Python. You couldnt access career info or do after dinner hobbying (ie programming) any easier than mouse clicks and free downloads.
Here's a game you can all test:
For you or good friends you know their history, compare what career or hobby you guys have done vs. how much in your face marketing or parental guidance you got to get you where you are:
I'll start. But you can see you dont always need real life examples and guidance to do your own thing in life.
Zero correlation
Me. Dad business and tech. Mom low level admin jobs and homemaker. I did business. But not because of dad. He's an old school grouch I never talked jobs with. He didnt either. I knew which company he worked at but didnt know what he even did there. As long as I got a degree in anything thats all he cared about. I went into business because my high school career tests showed I liked numbers and office jobs, plus I liked watching fucking Melrose Place. My business interest actually was advertising as if I was going to sleaze it up in ad agencies with Heather Locklear. But I ended up in finance.
Siblings. Sci tech job (chemistry), programmer (not what my dad did)
Good friend 1. Dad was a judge. Mom was similar to mine doing either low level jobs and stay at home mom. She's a teacher.
Good friend 2. Dad managed a drug store. Mom stayed home. He went into marketing.
Good friend 3. Just by luck, his dad also managed a drug store too but was also the pharmacist who owned it. He's currently in sales.
Good friend 4. Dad was a postal worker. Mom who knows. He hasnt spoken to her in like 10 years as he doesn't like bringing her up so there's obviously some shaky shit going on so I dont want to bug him asking. He's a VP of sales at a company I'm sure some of you have his products at home.
Good friend 5. Dad is a lawyer. Not sure what mom did, but her parents are divorced. She's a sales analyst.
There is correlation, or perhaps guidance from parents
Sibling. Got a business job like me, but have no idea if it's due to our dad doing it too
Good friend 6. Parents owned a business. He took over their business when they retired
Good friend 7. Dad was a CEO or VP of a machinery company. Mom is a real estate agent. She's a real estate agent and they work at the same brokerage
Good friend 8. Dad worked at a car plant on the assembly line. He's a mechanical engineering working at car companies